Aircraft that never lived up to their promise

(ArtKramr) wrote:
I'll start that one off with the P-39 Aircobra.
Any more?

Regards,

Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

Here's a few:

TBD Devastator
F2A Buffalo
B-32 Dominator
F-111B
F11F Tiger
AM-1 Mauler
F-20 Tigershark
YB-40 and YB-41 gunships of B-17 and B-24
Mitushibshi A7M
Me-163 (killed more of its own pilots than Allied aircrew)
TBY Seawolf
F-90
F-107
F-108

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On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 19:12:59 GMT, "Matt Wiser"
wrote:


(ArtKramr) wrote:
I'll start that one off with the P-39 Aircobra.
Any more?

Regards,

Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer

Here's a few:

TBD Devastator
F2A Buffalo
B-32 Dominator
F-111B
F11F Tiger
AM-1 Mauler
F-20 Tigershark
YB-40 and YB-41 gunships of B-17 and B-24
Mitushibshi A7M
Me-163 (killed more of its own pilots than Allied aircrew)
TBY Seawolf
F-90
F-107
F-108


The F-108 was cancelled because 1. $$$$ and 2. that's about the time
something better came along - the YF-12A. Which was also never
purchased.

On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 19:12:59 GMT, "Matt Wiser"

wrote:

F-107

One of my favorite "what if?" planes, just for the intake placement
alone...

http://www.globalaircraft.org/planes/f-107_ultra_sabre.pl

Pretty little thing, though. Great pic at the bottom of that page.

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Slam on brakes accordingly.

"Matt Wiser" wrote:

(ArtKramr) wrote:
I'll start that one off with the P-39 Aircobra.
Any more?

Regards,
Here's a few:

TBD Devastator
F2A Buffalo
B-32 Dominator
F-111B
F11F Tiger
AM-1 Mauler
F-20 Tigershark
YB-40 and YB-41 gunships of B-17 and B-24
Mitushibshi A7M
Me-163 (killed more of its own pilots than Allied aircrew)
TBY Seawolf
F-90
F-107
F-108

The beautiful (but flawed) Chance-Vought Cutlass

"Matt Wiser" wrote:

Here's a few:
TBD Devastator

Respectfully disagree. While slow, obsolete and vulnerable,
the 15 TBDs of VT-8 played a crucial role in a crucial battle of the
WW2 Pacific campaign. They have to be given at least an "assist" for
their decoy role, thus allowing the sinking of IJN carriers at Midway.



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